Tag: Sean Murphy

The D-backs broadcast was left in stunned disbelief after closer Paul Sewald blew his third straight save

That “UGH!” was hilarious.

It truly takes a special type of pitcher to be a closer. You have to be comfortable sitting for an entire game and then being able to lock in for high-leverage situations. And even the best closers will experience struggles. It’s never easy.

Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald is going through one of those tough stretches right now, and it got even worse on Monday night with one of the most defeated announcing moments we’ll hear this season.

Coming off two straight blown saves, Sewald entered the game in the ninth to face the bottom half of the Braves’ lineup. He got two quick outs. But an Eddie Rosario single kept the Braves’ hopes alive. On a 1-1 count, Sewald tried to force Sean Murphy into a roll-over grounder with an outside corner fastball. Instead, he left it up, and Murphy barreled it.

D-backs announcers Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly were stunned.

“And it’s happened again,” Berthiaume said before a solid 15 seconds of silence.

The game-tying home run was Sewald’s third straight blown save, and the Braves went on to win, 5-4, in 11 innings.

D-backs fans certainly related to Berthiaume’s reaction after that one.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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MLB fans were in awe after Sean Murphy managed to hit a 398-foot home run with a broken bat

How does that even happen?

The Atlanta Braves became the first MLB team to reach 100 wins this season, but even in losing efforts, they’re finding ways to impress.

Now, the Braves are eight home runs away from tying the single-season MLB record for team home runs (307 by the Twins in the juiced-ball 2019 season). And the Braves don’t even need an entire bat to hit home runs now, apparently.

Sean Murphy proved that on Sunday.

During the first game of the Braves’ doubleheader against the Nationals, Murphy made it a one-run game in the ninth with a solo home run to center field that traveled 398 feet. Initially, it seemed like a typical home run. But when the Braves broadcast returned to the replay, that’s when they noticed what Murphy actually did there.

He completely snapped his bat on contact and still managed to hit a home run.

In all likelihood, he was already up there with a partially cracked bat, and that contact was enough to snap it in two.

Still, hitting a home run with a broken bat isn’t easy to do at all, and MLB fans were justifiably impressed. It was Murphy’s first home run since Aug. 13.